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The Story of Doctor Dolittle
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Hardback Macmillan Collectors Library English
By (author) Hugh Lofting , Introduction by Phillip Ardagh


Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collectors Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collectors Library are books to love and treasure.

Doctor Dolittle is one of the most delightful and fascinating characters in childrens literature. This Macmillan Collectors Library edition of The Story of Doctor Dolittle is illustrated with Hugh Loftings own drawings, and includes updated material and an afterword by author Philip Ardagh.

Doctor Dolittles house in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh is full to the brim with eccentric characters, from Polynesia the parrot to Gub-Gub the pig. After learning the languages of all his animals, the gracious and kind-hearted doctor hears that the monkeys in Africa have become inflicted with a terrible disease. So with a team of trusty creatures by his side, the doctor sets sail on an action-packed adventure to save them.


Product details

For ages 6-8
Format Hardback | 160 pages
Dimensions 100 x 157 x 15mm | 120g
Publication date 13 Nov 2018
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Macmillan Collectors Library
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN10 150986878X
ISBN13 9781509868780
Bestsellers rank 414,438